Latest On Ebola '25 From Kampala: Six Are Now Ill -- All Are Contacts -- Of Index Case, In Uganda.

This latest news would be tough, in any event -- that six people are now ill, including the original nurse's wife, from what will test out to be. . . ebola. It would be tough, but it is now. . . tragic, that certain hack political forces (now occupying DC, in key agencies' offices) will work to impede (by blocking funding and logistics communiques), rather than foster -- the ongoing vaccination efforts in Kampala.

In any event, here's the update, on the outbreak, from STAT's Helen Branswell:

. . .The head of the World Health Organization’s health emergencies program said Saturday that six people who were in contact with Uganda’s latest Ebola case have become ill, though it’s not yet clear if they too are suffering from the dangerous viral disease. One is the wife of the patient, who died Wednesday, and several others are health workers.

Mike Ryan, who spoke to STAT from Kampala, the Ugandan capital, said the response to the outbreak is proceeding rapidly, though he noted the Trump administration’s freeze on aid has created shortfalls in key areas that the WHO has had to cover. . . .

Now you know. What a putz that Tangerine guy is. Hopefully, even without American input and leadership -- or perhaps, in spite of American idiocy -- the outbreak will be small and short-lived, thanks to the solid scientific efforts of WHO, and Ugandan public health workers, on the ground in Kampala.

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